GPS Tracking a little OT

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 01:38:30PM -0700, ivan wrote:
>    I proposed this question probably about the same time last year
>    and I'm hoping that someone may have made some development along
>    these lines. We are looking to have a GPS "Balckbox" that would
>    record the usual date, time, location, and speed and then be able
>    to download that information to a laptop. From here the thing we
>    are really hoping to do is to have that file imported to filePro
>    so that the start and stop time for a call can be entered into
>    our service ticket thereby improving the accuracy of the time and
>    saving the technicians some time doing data entry.

>    We have experimented with a device that records the data and
>    connects directly to the laptop. We were not successful on getting
>    this information to download to the laptop so we were not able
>    to get it into filePro either. Apparently the code these devices
>    uses is protected with a high degree of secrecy from the vendors
>    of these products. Well, they haven't been willing to come forth
>    with this information. I would love to hear from anyone working
>    on a similar project or someone that has had success with getting
>    information out of any GPS recorder.

What you're looking for is called a "GPS datalogger".

Prowl through this search: http://www.google.com/search?q=gps+datalogger

I think you'll find what you're looking for.

Cheers,
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